The BUP announces the Symposium 2025
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The BUP Symposium is an event where colleagues at BUP participating universities can disseminate recent research, initiate new discussions, and foster future collaborations. The theme is 'Strengthening the Security and Resilience of the Baltic Sea Region – Environmental, Political, Social, and Economic Shocks and Crises', and the Symposium will be held on-site in Uppsala, Sweden, between 26-28 November 2025.
The Symposium is a platform where regional educational and research communities can come together and connect with colleagues from participating universities of the BUP. The BUP Symposium is hosted and organised by the BUP Coordinating Secretariat in Uppsala, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences and Södertörn University.
We will welcome 80 researchers from BUP participating universities, representing various disciplines with an interest in the Baltic Sea Region as an empirical field to discuss the Symposium's core theme. After the Symposium, those interested will have the opportunity to join a Supervisor Collegium information session and workshop.
PhD candidates are invited to apply to attend the BUP PhD Students Training which will take place in connection with the BUP Symposium. This means that PhD candidates applying for the PhD Students Training will automatically participate in the Symposium and do not need to apply for the BUP Symposium. The application for the PhD Students Training opens on 20 March.
The Symposium will feature oral presentations organised according to five sessions, each with a focus on the Baltic Sea Region:
- Climate Change in Times of Environmental and Geopolitical Instability
- Energy Security and Energy Transitions
- International Relations: Cooperation and Conflict
- Civil Society and Preparedness
- Resilient Food Systems and Water Security
Each session welcomes contributions from different disciplines and perspectives, interdisciplinary approaches are appreciated. We invite you/your research team to submit an abstract of a maximum of 300 words including background and aims, methods, results, and conclusions by 16 May 2025 for consideration. Submitted abstracts are considered for paper presentations (12 min. presentation with 12 min. discussion).
Example of abstract for guidance (pdf). Pdf, 68 kB.
There is no fee to take part in the Symposium in Uppsala since your participation will be covered by The Baltic University Programme. For each abstract accepted the BUP will welcome one presenter, the applicant. Lunches, dinners, and coffee breaks will be provided by the BUP during the event program days. All participants must cover their own travel costs to and from Uppsala as well as their accommodation costs.
Applicants will receive a response by 13 June 2025 at the latest.